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Van Wert Defiance

Cougars

Bulldogs

The Defiance (OH) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Van Wert (OH) by a score of 49-37.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Van Wert	12	4	13	8	37
Defiance	14	12	7	16	49

Final score provided by B. Lehman.

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Ohio High School Basketball - Defiance defeats Van Wert

January 10, 2025: Defiance, OH 43512

The Defiance Bulldogs (Defiance, OH) basketball were winner over the visiting Van Wert Cougars (Van Wert, OH), 49-37 in Friday's league bout.

The Bulldogs now possess a 9-1 record. They play next when they host Wauseon for a non-league bout on Saturday, January 11. Defiance will play a Indians team coming off a 52-44 league win over Swanton (Swanton, OH). The Indians record now stands at 5-4.

With the loss, Van Wert falls to 4-8 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Marion Local (Maria Stein, OH) to play the Flyers in a non-league bout on Saturday, January 11. The Flyers go into the bout with a record of 9-0. Marion Local won 63-36 in their recent non-league bout against Botkins (Botkins, OH)

Van Wert @ Defiance Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 10, 2025 @ 6p

The Defiance (OH) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Van Wert (OH) by a score of 49-37.

Rankings & Records

Van Wert (24-25)

OH	Div.
299	49

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
10-13	5-4	8-5	2-8	.435	.556	1,181	1,133

Defiance (24-25)

OH	Div.
172	43

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
19-6	7-2	11-1	7-4	1-1	.760	.778	1,328	1,110

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Van Wert	12.4	10.0	13.6	11.4	2.0	51.3
Defiance	13.2	11.3	13.3	15.2	3.0	53.1

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Van Wert	7-5		Defiance	9-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/13/24	Bath	Van Wert	(L) 43-41	2/7/25	Bath	Defiance	(W) 57-39
12/20/24	Celina	Van Wert	(W) 50-35	2/14/25	Defiance	Celina	(W) 62-39
				2/20/25	Celina	Defiance	(W) 52-39
12/21/24	Lima Central Catholic	Van Wert	(L) 57-49	1/4/25	Defiance	Lima Central Catholic	(L) 68-61
1/3/25	Van Wert	Elida	(L) 49-44	1/31/25	Defiance	Elida	(L) 59-40
2/21/25	Elida	Van Wert	(L) 63-59
1/17/25	Wapakoneta	Van Wert	(W) 57-47	12/13/24	Wapakoneta	Defiance	(W) 32-26
				2/25/25	Wapakoneta	Defiance	(W) 53-48
1/18/25	Bryan	Van Wert	(W) 53-36	12/14/24	Defiance	Bryan	(W) 53-38
1/24/25	Van Wert	Memorial	(W) 47-33	12/20/24	Defiance	Memorial	(W) 42-35
1/31/25	Ottawa-Glandorf	Van Wert	(W) 51-48	12/30/24	Defiance	Ottawa-Glandorf	(W) 50-49
2/7/25	Van Wert	Shawnee	(L) 82-69	1/17/25	Shawnee	Defiance	(L) 67-55
				3/1/25	Defiance	Shawnee	(L) 58-43
2/14/25	Kenton	Van Wert	(W) 68-34	1/24/25	Defiance	Kenton	(W) 68-33
2/18/25	Kenton	Van Wert	(W) 58-20

Record Breakdown

Van Wert (24-25)		Defiance (24-25)
10-13	Overall	19-6
5-4	League	7-2
4-8	Non-League	10-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
7-5	Common Opponent	9-4
8-5	Home	11-1
2-8	Away	7-4
0-0	Neutral	1-1
0-0	Playoff	1-1
10-13	In-State	19-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0